Dancehallfieber at Posthof

On Friday I was at "Dancehallfieber" at the venerable Posthof in Linz. The last few concert I attended were mostly punk/alternative rock concert, so I was pleased about a dose of reggae and dancehall. The whole thing started with a B-class "band" (one female selector, one really bad shouter), Soundsgood Intl. that is. Well, I really like their remix tapes, but live... nope.



Next act was a band called Ischen Impossible. It consists of four female singers/shouters and one DJ, doing Hip-Hop, Reggae, Dancehall, Ragga. What made their performance especially enjoyable was the fact that they were all really good looking... what do I say? Gorgeous! And their music was really first-class, too. I can only recommend them.



The last two acts were Miss Mono (I didn't know she grew up in Linz) and Nikitaman, performing together. Both have excellent skills, making it an excellent show. They even do this "signal da plane" and "row da boat" stuff you probably know from the "Like Glue" video by Sean Paul. They explained that this is very common in Jamaica's dance halls, the DJ shouts "signal da plane", and everybody's doing the "signal da plane" waving with their arms. Really nice. At the end, two guys from Texta join in, playing a very fast song, that was some kind of mix between Dancehall and Ska, with some Jazz influences. BTW: Mono and Nikitaman were backed by the Soul Fire band, so no DJ in the background, but real live music! Reggae that is played is generally more interesting than Reggae from tape/vinyl.